Imbarek Shamekh

Imbarek Shamekh (sometimes Mubarak Abdallah al-Shamikh or Embarek Shamekh) (born 15 May 1952) is a Libyan politician and bureaucrat. He served as the Secretary-General of General People's Congress of Libya (head of state) from 2009 to 2010. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2009, and Prime Minister from 2000 to 2003.

Early life and education Shamekh was born on 15 May 1952 in Benghazi, Libya. He moved to the United States in the early 1970s to pursue his scholarship. Shamekh attended college at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, where he graduated in 1981 with a degree in engineering.

In February 2011, during the Libyan Civil War, he defected to Egypt.